106 Children's Singing Games. 



The lover then says : — 



What shall we dress her in ? 

 Dress her in, dress her in, 

 AVhat shall we dress her in ? 

 Dress her in blue. 

 The others say : — 



Blue for the sailors, 

 The sailors, the sailors. 

 Blue for the sailors. 

 And that won't do. 



Red is then suggested, but rejected with the reply that " Red is for 

 the soldiers," &c. Black is the next, but that is said to be " for 

 the mourners." White is then suggested, and this meets with 

 approval from the others, who say : — 



White for the dead people, 

 Dead people, dead people, 

 White for the dead people. 

 And that shall do. 



The one who represents Jemima then runs away, the one who 

 succeeds in catching her taking her place. 



This seems to be a version of one which appears in " Popular 

 Rhymes of Scotland " as " Janet Jo," the characters in which are 

 a father, mother, Janet and a lover. In this Janet lies on her 

 back behind the scenes, and the lover comes forward singing : — 



I'm come to court Janet jo, &c. 

 And the reply is — 



She's up the stair washin', &c. 

 Ye canna see her the day. 



In this version she is afterwards bleaching, drying, and ironing 

 clothes. At last it is : — 



Janet jo's dead and gane. 



Dead and gane, dead and gane, 



Janet jo's dead and gane, 



She'll never come hame. 



She is carried off to be buried, the others weeping. Sometimes 

 ahe revives. This version, said by Chambers to be current in 

 Kirkcudbrightshire, I can hear nothing of. 



